October Miscellany

Here’s a quick bullet list of various items I feel are worth sharing:

I’m ‘touring’ southern New Hampshire this weekend. Two Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast storytimes with free activity kits, collectors cards, and more! Stop by, say hi, bring your kids, neighbors, and all breakfast-lovers! I’ll be at:

Nashua Barnes & Noble on Saturday, October 10th at 12pm
Portsmouth-Newington Barnes & Noble on Sunday, October 11th at 11am

Stop by any of my events to get a pair of these collectible cards!

I’ll also be at Wellesley Books on 10/24 at 11am for a superstar storytime with four other awesome authors! Everyone’s invited!

Nancy Tupper Ling, author of Double Happiness
Ammi-Joan Paquette, author of Ghost in the House
Anna Staniszewski, author of Power Down, Little Robot
Jane Sutcliffe, author of Stone Giant


I sent out my Official Author Newsletter the other day. If you didn’t get it, certainly sign up here. If you think you should have gotten it, check your s-p-a-m folder and add the address to your address book (this happened to ME). I’ll be giving away swag in the next newsletter, so don’t miss it!
Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo), Tara Lazar‘s November picture book writing challenge, is only a few weeks away! So get ready! (Hint: I might be posting something. In unrelated news, I must remember to write a post for for someone‘s November picture book something)
A Dear Dragon cover reveal might be coming soon … so be on the lookout.

And I’ll conclude with the tradition I started last post by offering two book recommendations

Two for You

(two books I highly recommend)

1. Kindergarten Luck written by Louise Borden and illustrated by Geneviève Godbout

A positive story with fabulous art reminiscent of Mary Blair.

2. Herman and Rosie written and illustrated by Gus Gordon

A vintage romantic tale by this fine Australian author/illustrator.